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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.25 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS FUNDS FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.25 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS FUNDS FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT

Additional Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Expected for the State as May 29 Application Deadline Nears

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that law enforcement entities are beginning to receive CARES Act funding related to their work to help communities meet COVID-19 challenges.

Thirty-seven Mississippi law...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ENCOURAGE USDA TO SUPPORT MISS. SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ENCOURAGE USDA TO SUPPORT MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

COVID-19 Programs Could Provide Mississippi Seafood to Families in Need

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that he use his authority to purchase and distribute Mississippi seafood to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $21.3 MILLION FISHERY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $21.3 MILLION FISHERY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today praised the U.S. Commerce Department allocation of $21.3 million in federal fishery disaster relief funds to Mississippi.

The funding is associated to devastation experienced by Gulf Coast fisheries following prolonged freshwater inundation into the Gulf of Mexico last year.  The funds will...

MSU CAVS-Extension launches Delta BroadReach Healthcare project

MSU CAVS-Extension launches Delta BroadReach Healthcare project

CANTON, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems-Extension is launching a new healthcare initiative in the Mississippi Delta with $803,058 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural...

Elliott VFD Awarded $48,476 for Upgrades

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Elliott VFD Awarded $48,476 for Upgrades

By Reggie Ross

The Elliott Volunteer Fire Department was recently the recipient of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to support safety upgrades for first responders.

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith...